Nicaragua: Electoral observers arrive for presidential election

MANAGUA, Nov 3 (NNN-TELESUR) — The vice president of Nicaragua, Rosario Murillo, greeted the arrival of the electoral observors who will be present in the country to celebrate the general elections on Nov 7. “We have 46 brothers and sisters from Europe, 124 from Our Caribbean and Latin America and…

Cuban regime preparing to counter the 15N march; questions opposition leader

HAVANA, Nov 3 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — A leading member of the Cuban opposition was set free, with restrictions, on Tuesday following his detention by the government in the city of Santa Clara where he lives. “It’s all about 15 November” Guillermo Faríñas, the Sarajov Freedom Prize from the European Parliament, told…

Chile: Pres Piñera requests Congress to extend the state of emergency in Mapuche indigenous regions

SANTIAGO, Nov 3 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Chilean president Sebastian Piñera announced he sent Congress a bill requesting a further 15 days extension of the state of emergency in four areas of the Biobío and Araucaria regions, where there have been violent breaches of law and order. Under the exceptional emergency state…

Covid-19: A quarter of LA police could be sacked over vaccine mandate

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva LOS ANGELES, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than a quarter of staff in the United States’ largest sheriff’s department could lose their jobs for refusing to comply with Covid-19 vaccine mandates, the sheriff said. Just half of Los Angeles County Sheriff employees are fully…

US state elections: New York elects ex-cop Adams as second ever Black mayor

New York City Democratic Mayor-elect Eric Adams NEW YORK, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ex-cop Eric Adams, who fought racial discrimination within the police, was elected New York’s next mayor on Tuesday and will become just the second African American to lead the United States’s largest city. He will take office…

Covid-19: Kenya receives 10,000 KF 94 type of masks from South Korea

NAIROBI, Nov 3 (NNN-KBC) — The Government of Korea has donated 10,000 KF 94 type of masks as a good gesture for the continued good cordial relations between Kenya and South Korea. State Department for Implementation of Curriculum Reforms Principal Secretary, Prof. Fatuma Chege received the donation from Korean Ambassador…

3 African countries face US sanctions after illegal power seizure

WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three African countries will be terminated from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) from Jan 1, 2022, US President Joe Biden said.  A statement issued by the office of the United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Katherine Tai reads, “Today President Biden announced three Countries…

Update: US, Russia issue Ethiopia travel advisories as rebels threaten to hit capital

ADDIS ABABA, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and Russia have issued travel advisories to their nationals asking them to strongly reconsider travel to Ethiopia.The notice comes at a time two major rebel groups have threatened to march into the capital Addis Ababa to overthrow the Abiy Ahmed-led government.The…

Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: Citizens urged to defend Addis Ababa against rebels

Government forces have been battling rebels for a year  ADDIS ABABA, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Officials in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa have called on residents to register their weapons and get ready to protect their neighbourhoods amid fears that rebels could advance on the city. The appeal came days after…

Sweden: Two dead after seven-storey fall at Abba tribute concert

 STOCKHOLM, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two people have died and another has been injured after a person fell seven floors at a concert hall in Sweden. Around 1,000 people had gathered at the Uppsala Konsert & Kongress hall near the capital, Stockholm, for an Abba tribute concert on Tuesday evening.…